First Thing About Mary

The first thing about Mary, I'll tell you cause you asked

Is she don't like when people are always livin' in the past

You know, talkin' 'bout the good old days and how things might have been

If some folks had been different how things might be better now for them

That's what you learn when you've known Mary long as I have

You see, when I met Mary Campbell, that's what her name was then

It was a party in the woods with a fire in a garbage can

Everyone stood and watched the embers risin' in the sky

I was askin' about the little girl with the big brown eyes

But no one knew the first thing about Mary

But I ain't worried about it no I know it'll all be

She's gonna come on back to me someday

'Cause he don't know the first thing about Mary

She could never love a man that way

You see, the first thing about Mary is that she don't ever lie

And she can tell if you are just by looking in your eyes

She'll say that she forgives you and you'll try to make amends

But once her trust is gone she can't really give it back again

That's what you learn when you've known Mary long as I have

But I ain't worried about it no I know it'll all be

She's gonna come on back to me someday

'Cause he don't know the first thing about Mary

She could never love a man that way

Pray that they don't dust your life for the little fingerprints

I can't recall my life before her and there ain't been nothin since

And they can build great buildings full of stuff I'll never learn

But I understand the reason for the fire and how it burns

You see, one thing about Mary not alot of people know

Is she can't stay in small towns if she thinks she needs to grow

And you may think its just a phase and she'll soon give in

And she won't ever leave you, boy, you better think again

'Cause you can't throw a rope around my Mary

But I ain't worried about it no I know it'll all be

She's gonna come on back to me someday

'Cause he don't know the first thing about Mary

She could never love a man that way